Pairs of words and Group names

Class: Basic 5

Subject: Verbal Reasoning

Topic: Pairs of words and Group names.

SECTION A: PAIRS OF WORDS

Look carefully at the first two pairs and observe how the two words in each pair are related. Choose from the options lettered a – e, the word which is related to the fifth word in the same way as the words of the first two pairs are related.

Example: lump, slumps; tab, stabs; late, _____________

(a) lasts (b) stale (c) slates (d) states (e) slate

The correct answer is therefore ‘slates’ which is option c.

1. grates, grade; mates, made; fates, _____________.

(a) fade (b) fate (c) feed (d) fats (e) feet

2. throw, row; freight, eight; grate, _______________.

(a) rat (b) rate (c) ate (d) tea (g) gate

3. goals, got; lesson, let; manor, ______________.

(a) man (b) mad (c) mane (d) mast (e) mat

4. tale, stall; male, small; tile, ___________.

(a) stall (b) still (c) stile (d) stale (e) stilt

5. tease, test; peace, pest; lease, _____________.

(a) ease (b) leave (c) leash (d) lest (e) least

6. protects, project; tingles, jingle; tacks, _____________.

(a) jack (b) tact (c) ark (d) act (e) axe

SECTION B: GROUP NAMES OR GENERAL TERMS.

Instructions: Each of the following items consists of five words labeled a – e. One of the words is a general term which describes what the other four words are.

Example:

(a) six (b) ten (c) number (d) twelve (e) twenty

The general term is ‘number’. This describe what the other words are, so the answer is C.

7. (a) hoe (b) hammer (c) saw (d) tool (e) matchet

8. (a) jacket (b) clothing (c) blouse (d) shirt (e) shorts

9. (a) hour (b) time (c) minute (d) second (e) week

10. (a) ambulance (b) bus (c) lorry (d) car (e) vehicle

11. (a) person (b) boy (c) man (d) girl (e) woman

12. (a) rat (b) lizard (c) dog (d) animal (e) elephant